Centennial Time Capsule

We Had A Wonderful Time!
Why Don't We Take A Small Peek Inside The Time Capsule? Lets!

We can't give away everything or it wouldn't be fun for those opening the capsule. But, we can tell you that the time capsule includes
several things that incorporated the era, the town and the centennial celebration. You'll find a flyer advertising the burial event and the day's festivities, a photo of Anaise Hiles Miss Gueydan 1999, Jean-Pierre Gueydan's birthplace in St. Bonnet, France, the parade and Governor Mike Foster, his grandfather Governor Murphy Foster, a photo of the band that played during the centennial including Ms. Suzi Mills of New York on guest fiddle accompanying Gueydan's finest musicians, the fais-do-do, our spiritual leaders, the fish fry crew from the Methodist Church, the 1999 Gueydan Centennial Committee, a photo of the Olivier Gueydan family of Switzerland and Loic Barral of France, both of whom helped and guided the Centennial Committee with Gueydan family information. And, of course, there is a letter to the citizens of 2099. It reads:

Greetings from the Mayor of Gueydan
Manson J. Saltzman, 1999

Dear Citizens of 2099,

The 1999 Gueydan Centennial Celebration. Oh, it was a grand time! Every hour put into the preparations gave us twice that in enjoyment. The only disappointment was that we could not freeze time and make it last forever. And, now, here you are celebrating another hundred years. To all of the citizens who helped in the planning of this two hundred year celebration, the Gueydan family members who may be with you as their ancestors were with us and the citizens who live here or have returned here in order to celebrate the 2099 Gueydan Bicentennial, a plus grand fete!

Included here is a photo of the time capsule burial. Because of the amount of work that went into the 1999 celebration and because of photos and other information about the centennial that the town wished to include in the time capsule, we did not actually bury the artifacts until July 17, 2000